St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Billy Busch is determined to keep Grant’s Farm in the family. Busch delivered a business plan to his siblings, which outlines that he can make his ownership sustainable. Busch says the business model contains three phases: Phase 1: Maintain and bring back Grant’s Farm to his father’s standards. Phase 2: Add…

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – Ben Simmons had 22 points, 14 rebounds and seven assists, and LSU held off struggling Missouri 80-71 on Tuesday night to stay alive for at least a share of the Southeastern Conference regular season title. Antonio Blakeney scored 18 points, hitting a late 3-pointer and mid-range jumper to help LSU…

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) – Patrik Berglund scored the shootout winner in the 11th round and the St. Louis Blues beat the Senators 4-3 on Tuesday night. Trailing 3-0, the Senators scored three unanswered goals to force overtime, including a goal by Jean-Gabriel Pageau with less than a second left in the third period. Ottawa goaltender…

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri Senate has approved legislation that would require public employees’ annual, written permission for unions to withhold dues from their paychecks. Senators debated the measure for about seven hours Tuesday before passing it 23-7 shortly before midnight. That vote total is enough to override a gubernatorial veto. Gov. Jay…

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri House panel has decided against a small cut to the University of Missouri-Columbia but refused to undo a $7.6 million cut for system administrators. The House Budget Committee voted Tuesday to restore roughly $400,000 in cuts to the Columbia campus that would have equaled the salaries of several…

( KTRS ) A Belleville woman who pleaded guilty to fraud charges for lying about a terminal ovarian cancer diagnosis has been sentenced to three years in prison. Alissa Jackson, 32, was charged in June 2014 with bilking thousands of dollars in donations, free food and a donated minivan from hundreds of people on behalf…

CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois medical marijuana shops had their best month yet in February with nearly $1.5 million in sales, bringing total retail sales to more than $4.4 million since the program began Nov. 9. Program director Joseph Wright announced Tuesday that registered dispensaries served 3,042 unique patients during February. Two new dispensaries joined the…

( KTRS ) Missouri lawmakers are grappling with how to address questions of racial bias in policing and how to manage body camera footage. A Senate panel heard two proposals Tuesday to establish more rigorous reporting requirements for police encounters. Democratic Sen. Jamilah Nasheed said the bills would help restore trust in law enforcement. Sheldon Lineback…